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Patent@ Apr. 12

EUGENE A. JONES. 0F LDS ANGELES, CALIFB'NIA.

CDLLAPSIBLE RIM FOR WHEELS.

Speccctcn of Letters .'Patent.

Patented. Apinl, 1921.

@911mm fue@ June 191e. 'semi No. 305,933.

T 0 all who-m. it may concern y Be it known that I, Encens l il'oNrts, a. citizen of the VUnitml States, residing et Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California., have invented at certain new :ind useful improvement in Coll-.ipsible Rims for lllheels, ol which the following is :i specilicatilm.

This invention relates to lh-.lt this.; of." tire rims, tire supports. commonly known iapsihle dcmoumnhle rims which .rre wm" inonly used to carry pi vien xdzitcd pneumatic tires so that th`- Por le' 'reu li' applied to und lcinm'm irme th.: proper of the vehicle such in :n

Without it. being necessary to go t. manipulation of inlietinf.; the tmf el. the

roadside or other point et which end when it is necessary to change the tire.

More particularly the 'invention relates tothe class of collapsible tire rims having tiv'o oppositely disposed. normally ahnt-ting end sections capable of moving; one peet the other in combination"with :in operating lever more or 'lessv permanently pivoted. to each of such adjacent cnff .sections of the rim :it different distan( from such enfl.

The invention further re ce to a hi e mnstrucrioli im' conn@time` two other :dimming secti-:ms ot the rins to 't'.icilitdc 'sich cile-.ingr

The ohjccis of the inventieve are to pro. vide a form 'of lever mcclmnsni manip loting the end sections of the rim which [mss each other. adapted lic-r ready applica tion to commercial rims in use end so con strueted as to hold the tions rigidly in locked position when the tire is applied in Working position, to provide :L hinge construction cooperating in this.

The invention consist-.s of mechanism capable of carrying out Athe 'toregoingob 'jectswhich caribe easily and conveniently mede, which are satisfactory in operation and not readily liable to get out o order. lvlore particularly the invention. consists in'LA the AFeatures and details of construction here#` ritter more 'fully set forth in the 'specification ond' claims.

lielfei'rinrr to the drawings in Which like numerals represent the seme parte thronfbfli-v ont the several views,

Figure l is a. side view partially in seo tion it a rim. illustrating this invention in its preferred orrn.

'Figil 2 is an inverted plan vievvlt upper portion of Fig. l, illustrating each 'adjacent rim. scctively long the lever mechanism and the hinge mechenism in normal position; e., when the tire, not shown, is supposed to be applied to the rim'. i

Fig. 3 is e perspective View of the arts shown in Fig. 2, takenA from aboveen one side of the rim'.

Fig. L1 is e perspective view of the lever mechanism in the position which it assumes when the rim is heilig collapsed.

Fig' prrs seperated 'one from the other.

ln carrying out this inventionthe Inetallic supporting rim having the customary side lfmggce 't" is provided the seme being severed transversely at least at one point so that there are two ends ll and 16 abutting other in normal position shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3, and pftssing each other somewhat when the rim .is collapsed as shown in perspective in Fi 4. 1f the rim proper is mede of very resient nieterialto bend cire'uniferentizllly so that the ends' 14 `and 16 can move from the normal position of Fig. 3 to that of Fig. 4., it is unnecessary to :i rim, cnt in three segments or parts 18,l

2() :ind Q2. sections 18 and 22 being hinged together and sections 20 and 22 being hinged together so as to afford e, more complete collepsing ot the rim when the ends 14 and 16 of sections 18 and fore referred to, ere moved from the position of Fig. S to that of Fig. 4. ne feature of the invention consists in the hinges applied alt-the 'points heretofore indicated, being so can be made and apeonstructed that they constructed rims plied. to old or previously with e minimum num In the construction of these hinges, vclearly shown in Fig. 5, each hinge comprises e rele?. Het bar member 24 secured to one' rim section as 520 by suitable rivets or screws 26. The end. of this bnr Qldwhich is not so attached, extends over the line of juncture 28 between the adjacent rim sections and is provided with si.V Z shaped end 39 adapted todrop urpose y jacent rim In her of ports and labor.

20 respectively, heretof into, and soar as neces- Ssryrrotute in s rectangular slot 32 formed in the adjacent 'rimv section. This Z-.shaped .gthepivot of the hin e,

the particular form of uonslrnvlion. shown in the drawing. xnonilxvi 24 lios liolneon two parallel virriunfoi-onwil {lunga-m Ile' mid nr forlneil on the inner irlninfin'oiwe of lllo lshaped pivotal poi-tion .fio o' no linnn' ie made of rectangular arose .eoffiiionJ imi Lilie does not prevent proper rotary inovoniont oi' (alle hinge berlino@ tl" re ie enough sonno provided lmtween the walls oi' tlm Z-elinped pivot member 3U and 'lil wolle of The moeras 32 to allow for the rolaiiw-ljv Small rol tion of the zuljnomi; rim swiions; lli imi :Effi lo. omililo tin-rn lo more from iinymeiiiifi mi' Fig. 3 to that ol' 'Fig'. l .vini imi' The nmolianism for nii-vi Y rim motions, n" liown in l brises .1 lovin' 'il olv :aniuilc pleigzly iii-mp5.' Else killin of 4 LWGQM ille il'miln amil all?. limidiw'* scribed Alion illevpnrii.; are in. ie poscion of .'lVig. l, Lluis prove-tiring :.-ciilowlfje .a'i'imarl ment,- of the ports 'along lie juncture between the nlfntling ends i14- lio lo. "lie lovin` sub'stnntinlly overlaps this line of juncture and one ol' its ends is pivoted by any suit able .moans in the opposite flanges and 4U, the purtif'nilnrmeans shown in iliie drsiW- ings-boing u rod or sheit 4G pessir'ig through tho loven loro the flanges.

Tle lever 14 '1s-1 for strength generally .struiglniolioffif'y Enfl substantially' uni'iorliorated, sind ir; pivoteei to the extremo enel o? Llio :id inimln iini section in Elli( pzxi'ticilliu' oase here illustrated jv'. ilirougi iiinomic-y of a. lelniivelv ilmz lnirlfbonf or ruin fowinq. block 5U riei'og l'i'o'n iw bod of llio loser adapted to vinnie and lio in u. U-:lmiied notch 32 formed inA the ond 'oi' rim section 18, this block 50 boing loivoi'eil in tlioflnngzx 38 and 40 by n rod or slizif fifl. olwuuy Shown in the drawings. The ronuiining mrmoliy 'free 0nd 58 of the levor 44. extends u sul)` stantiurl distance :along the undo-r snrfraceof rim section 18 and ,is there detnelmlily soeurable in position by any suitable moons, as for instance, o rotatable lnition 61) innnipn lntnble, forinstzmoe, by insertion of #he screw driver in slot F12 providod for the purpose, between two positions1 in ono of whivli the lever is looked as shown in Wg. Q.. and in the other of which. il; is free to move Lo the 'rvnosfion of Fig. 4.

'Phe loi/ol; 44 is further hold in ponition with reference to the rim soutien, aindfilio rim soclions are iierefore lx1-:ld against lino eral movement; through the agency oi pri jecting lugs 64 and 65 carried oy the .lever and entering.;r suiably formed i* and 67 provided for the por; indecent rim sections.

ln the general. operation of the clv'ioo, 'the in the perlas nro osomnlilcd in the position shown in Figo. i. 21nd. The operator then takes e. svi-ow driver, insorts il'` in slot G2, turns button (ECI lo suoli e posicion that the levor 44'- irs followed sind tlieu takers hold of `the end Eli oi" tlw lover und swings the parts to i'ho piimiiion nl: Fig. 4. The tire now put on dln` rim in partially dolnted condition und ohr nim-"ments, just described, are revifinii. .lw nir vulve tube of the tire passes through the holo 70 provided for it, and citer lw rim ie looked in normal. position, nir is, pumped into the tire and it is ready lor nee The 'in'fegfoing description does not refer to lino .king holt 7() and lock 72 therefor wlml ilffiziiiflizilaly 'insertible as shown to mi.: ."rlonese oi button 6() by n' thief .ml no Minorca) of" the lire when the device is' on illu ondol .an ziuiornoliilo or otliorwise rizinfwziil from in@ wheel proper.

li', i my one iloewrilied my invention what. i no 1f um] loe-iro to secure oy Lot-- l. azioni is: i. .in moolizmisin of the clues described, a.

slim "a loir of abutting rim soo-tions, a lever on the der side of tho rim overlapping the line oi, severance between said rim sections, a block rising from the middle portion of said lever reinforcing said lever and affording n pivotal Vconneotrim'i between said lever and the end. oi' one oi the rim sections, means attaching one end of said lever to the other rim section et :i point remote 'from said line of saw zinco.. positioning logs on Said lover le widen of @nid block entering rein f; e respooi'zj e rim sentirme, and incas, for Honoring tliwotjlior end. of the lrwor o th" vrim section io which it plv oe'l :zi lxo cooler.

lo nmolmnism of the class described, a pmi* of allot-ting rim sections, a lever on the under .side oi" the rim overlapping the lino of oeveiiiovo lieween said. rnn- Seotions, n olor-.k rising from the middle portion of said lli-.vor reinforcing; sind leverinnd affording a. pivotal connection between said lever and the end of one of the rim sections, means :ittswliing one end of lsaid lever to the other rim eeclion al; a. point 'remote from said line of sei'mmico, positionin r lugs on said 1ever at opposite sides of sai block entering re- .:essos lo the respective rim serrtons, and means for securing the other end of the lever lo the rim section to which it is pivoted at 'the renter. the ports previously referred t0 lining bordered and held in place by two parallel internal Rangos on the rim sections.

.Tfn witness whereof.` l have hereunto enbsrribed .my mme in. the presence of two Witnassen.

EUGENE A.. JNES.

Nitnessesz F. F. UOLLYER, J. R. Crmvrmmn.

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